How to comb out lice and nits from the hair

Surely before combing the nits, everyone infected with lice at least once, but tried to remove them just with your fingers. And surely such an attempt was not crowned with particular success - the nits are too small and, moreover, they are firmly glued to the hair with a special sticky secret. An ordinary comb also has no effect: its teeth are too far apart from each other, and not only the nits, but the adults who have drunk the blood of the lice, slip between them.

Fortunately, today it is possible to comb nits and lice from the hair with the help of specially designed combs. These products have a rigid structure, their teeth do not diverge and do not let the parasites through. There are even electric lice combswhich are capable of killing parasites by electrical discharge.

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“A pediatrician friend advised me to comb the lice, said that shampoos can cause allergies, and told mehow easier to comb nits. I looked at the prices, bought LiceGuard and brushed my hair after shampooing my hair with a simple shampoo. I really liked this comb - its teeth are so often located that they even nits it. ”

Inna, Rostov-on-Don

It is obvious that each such specialized comb from lice and nits requires a special approach to the use and knowledge of some fundamental points and not quite obvious details that will make it truly effective.

So, let's look at how to properly comb the nits from the hair and get rid of them forever.

 

Tip 1: Destroy the lice first

Nits is lice eggscovered with a special sheath and securely attached to the hair. If the nits appeared on the head, it means that someone put them here. They themselves can not be transferred from person to person.

And first of all, it is necessary to destroy adult lice, each of which lays 8-10 nits daily. Therefore, even regular combing out nits without producing their own producers will yield little: adult lice will lay eggs faster than the owner of the head will comb them.

Lice comb using a special comb should be the same as the nits themselves, but special attention should be paid to the scalp.It is at the roots of the hair that the main number of parasites is kept, and therefore, combing the hair from the very base, it is possible to remove much more of them than with the surface combing.

On a note

Insecticidal agents still have greater efficacy from adult lice. From them, the parasites can not get anywhere, and therefore die within a few minutes. Combing the lice with a comb, even the most effective, requires a minimum of 4-5 procedures. Therefore, in any case, quickly comb the nits out of my head will not work.

And only when adult lice are removed from the head, you can focus your efforts on combing nits.

 

Tip 2: Use special combs

Combs from head lice today are produced and sold by several manufacturers. The following ridge marks are best known in Russia:

• AntiV (aka Nit Free)
• RobiComb
• LiceGuard.

Of these, AntiV and LiceGuard are combs for simple mechanical combing of lice and nits, and the anti-RobiComb comb and the more advanced version of the RobiComb Pro also have a mechanism for the electrical destruction of vermin on the teeth.

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“I do not believe that harmless insecticides exist.All of them somehow on health comes around. But with Robi Komb, there are no fears at all - the lice die from him, then he combs them out, and that's all. The main thing is absolutely safe. But the most reliable comb from nits is AntiV. Our whole family has been using it for two years now, and not a single tooth has fallen out or bent. ”

Irina, Smolensk

Simple combs, even if they are very dense, are practically useless against nits - because of the softness of the material, the teeth of the insect eggs slip between them, and the combing procedure does not give a special result.

But even from three brands of combs you can choose the one that is most suitable for achieving the desired effect.

 

Tip 3: Choose the right comb

As practice shows, the least effective against nits is an electric comb against lice RobiComb. Due to the small height of the canvas, it is not always possible to correctly comb out lice and nits from very thick and long hair. Its main purpose is to treat the root zone for the destruction of adult parasite individuals.

On a note

The action of the electric discharge from RobiComb has not been tested and does not have a clear confirmation of its effectiveness.Perhaps this is just a manufacturer’s gimmick: the description of this comb from lice indicates that after receiving an electric shock, the insect dies within half an hour, which raises certain doubts. After all, the current acts either instantly or does not act at all ...

From the crests of AntiV and LiceGuard, it is difficult to give preference to any one: they are practically the same, and therefore their effectiveness turns out to be similar. It is important that their teeth are long enough and allow you to comb even thick strands of hair.

A comb for combing LiceGuard nits can be bought for 600 rubles, and the price of AntiV is almost a thousand. Accordingly, it is more rational to take LiceGuard.

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“We just combed all the lice in a child with this LiceGuard comb in a week. I was afraid that it would not work, because the hair of a small one is very thick and curly, and the comb is too frequent and dense. But it turned out all right, combed out easily, no one was hurt. It is only important to know how to properly comb lice. "

Valentina, Moscow

 

Tip 4: Thoroughly wash hair with special shampoos

No matter how hard all natural lovers try to avoid pediculicidal shampoos, but with them the comb from nits works anyway more efficiently.At a minimum, because the hair itself becomes softer and cleaner, with the result that the comb slides easier. And as a maximum, because adult lice themselves quickly die from such shampoos, and all that remains to be done after this is to comb their mortal remains out of their hair.

It is important to understand that shampoos on nits practically do not act and do not poison them. Therefore, to comb out the dead nits after the procedure of washing the hair in any case will not work.

But after one treatment of the head with shampoo, there will be no parasites that these nits can put off. Therefore, after even a single use of the shampoo, adult lice on the head are unlikely to appear.

 

Tip 5: additionally loosen nits

No matter how thick and hard the combs from lice are, they often do not provide full (100%) combing of nits - the sizes of the latter are too small. They are so small that they are comparable to the thickness of a hair, and therefore some of them will surely slip between the teeth.

However, special means can loosen the attachment of nits to the hair. For this well suited:

• vinegar
• cemerica water
• and cranberry juice.

Natural organic acids contained in these products, corrode the secret with which the egg is attached to the hair, and the nit is easier to tear when combing with a comb.These means need to moisten the hair in about half an hour for the procedure of combing.

 

Tip 6: comb out regularly

And of course, we must not forget that in the same procedure all the parasites cannot comb out. Separate lice and nits will definitely remain on the head, but the main thing is that after a few days, young lice will emerge from the surviving nits themselves, which can give rise to a new population. Therefore, combing hair with a comb should be at least 4 times, and better - up to 10 times.

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“With children, such a lice comb should be necessary. In kindergarten, they are sure to pick up, at school - almost every year someone has lice sick, summer camps, all sorts of hikes. If you buy chemistry, you can go broke. And with such a crest just a little - scratched a few days and there are no parasites. Only it is necessary to properly comb the nits and lice, the child cannot give a comb - it will break and will not do anything properly. ”

Olga, Bataysk

 

Additional recommendations

When combing lice and nits from the hair is useful to consider the following points:

• It is necessary to process the comb after lice immediately - both the parasites themselves and the nits remain on it. Comb washed under hot water, and in the ideal case - immersed in boiling water.
• To ensure that all hair is treated with a large length, you need to collect it in the tail on one side of the head and, separating strand by strand, comb it out from the roots.
• It is advisable to hold the comb over the bathroom or over the spread sheet so that no louse escapes or accidentally falls on the floor, bed or sofa.

And of course, you need to take care of the security of the handler itself. It is advisable for him to undress to the waist so that the combed louses do not get on his clothes, tie up and hide his hair under the kerchief.

After combing the parasites, it is imperative that you wash thoroughly. If you do everything right, then you can forget for a long time what lice and nits are.

 

Detailed instructions for combing lice and nits using a special comb